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Tiffani,

Did you get your surgery yet? I had surgery with McCarthy last April. It’s been about five months and I’m not much better then before the surgery. I had dreams of being like I was before the tear, but now I don’t think I will ever be back to normal. Sounds depressing, right? Don’t let that scare you though. You can go crazy searching around on the internet trying to find stuff out about this surgery. I’m still really taking it easy but I get bummed out when my hip gets sore after walking for just a half mile. If things don’t improve soon I’ll be looking into alt methods like accupuncture and dietary adjustments.

McCarthy is known as one of the best and he has done something like 6000 hips so either I just haven’t healed or whatever he did wasn’t much help. They also didn’t shave my bone but did labral debridement instead. My follow up appointment with him is at the end of this month and I can’t wait to hear what they have to say. The last thing I want to do is get another surgery. I was only on crutches for about a week and they also told me that I didn’t have to do PT. That still strikes me as odd. Before the surgery, I was doing Bikram 3 to 4 times a week for about three years. I’ve always had hip issues and while I thought trying my hardest in class was helping, it was probably making things worse. Anyways, don’t pay too much attention to what you read about FAI and hip stuff on the internet. I’ve spent hours upon hours reading and have come to the conclusion that all of our bodies are so different that you can’t really compare yourself to someone else.